TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Thursday, December 30, 2004

Notes from the TigerHawk birthday

By TigerHawk at 12/30/2004 09:35:00 AM

Yesterday was the TigerHawk birthday. Falling as it does between Christmas and New Year's, it has always been at risk for being forgotten. That did happen once (if your family completely forgets your birthday, you get a "lifetime free pass," according to Charlottesvillain, a topic to which I may return in a future post), but by and large my family does a great job rousing themselves from the post-Christmas let-down in time to celebrate mon anniversaire.

This year, we had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (the Santa Fe Grille in Rocky Hill) and opened presents and had birthday cake at home. Among many generous gifts, this one may be of particular interest to our righty-libertarian readership:

Thanks to the Tigerhawk Mother. Now, do I dare wear it around Princeton?

And here is my most excellent birthday cake, lovingly crafted by Mrs. TigerHawk and the TigerHawk Daughter: